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2020Best practiceProject: Green Chillers Indonesia
The Green Chiller NAMA project supports Indonesia in creating framework conditions to improve energy efficiency and sustainability in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector. Through development of a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) in the refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) sector a significant contribution to the achievement of the Indonesian GHG mitigation target will be made. The project focuses on four main areas: 1. NAMA strategy development 2. Establishment of incentive systems 3. Implementation of pilot measures 4. Capacity building …
MemberGIZ Proklima
Promoting green cooling technologies worldwide On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), GIZ implments the Proklima programme and thereby addresses environmental issues concerning cooling and foam blowing technologies. The programme promotes transfer of environmentally friendly options into partner countries. Proklima’s services comprise policy advice and capacity development for governments, as well as training and qualification, and pilot projects for industry partners. …
2020Best practiceTraining: Successful financial training course in Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria- 17 representatives from the Nigerian Transmission Company and its affiliate partners have successfully completed a training course on the financial aspects of renewable energies. The course was conducted by the EEC and the European Centre of Technology, and funded by the World Bank. The course focused on the latest developments and international aspects of carbon finance, and the participants learned how their individual companies could prepare for the economic consequences of climate change. The relevant sector-specific targets outlined in Nigeria’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the Paris agreement, (hydro, off-grid solar, agriculture and public transport), were also discussed. At the end of the training, participants had the opportunity to receive the internationally recognized Galileo Master Certificate (GMC). The GMC boasts a reputation as a renowned and authoritative certificate in the global sustainability sector. …
MemberEuropean Energy Centre (EEC)
Trainings for renewable energy experts. The European Energy Centre (EEC) supports the best practice in Renewable Energy by working with leading universities and the United Nations (UNEP), through professional Training Courses, Qualifications, Conferences, Publications, European Projects, Global Partnerships, Membership Programmes and the Internationally Recognised Galileo Master Certificate. The EEC has been running training courses since 1975 and has a wealth of experience providing courses for the Renewable Energy Industry. The professional Renewable Energy training courses are organised in collaboration with leading European and International Universities. Participants benefit from practical and theoretical knowledge on a wide range of topics, taught by University professors and leading experts in their field, with more than 30 years of theoretical and practical experience. The EEC is an Independent Professional Body and trains over 5000 individuals a year in more than 300 training courses at 21 universities across Europe and worldwide. …
2020Best practicePolicymaking: The Natural Voice- A global call to reduce greenhouse gases by natural refrigerants
Introduced by Shecco in 2009, the Natural Voice is a global statement open to industry, associations, non-profit organizations and individuals supporting the potential of natural refrigerants in replacing potent greenhouse gases. At present, the Natural Voice has 109 signatories from a range of sectors and industries. The statement will be presented to national governments and international climate negotiators in the near future to build the basis for developing natural refrigerant initiatives around the world. The Natural Voice demands national governments to remove (inter)national trade barriers and to revise safety standards, codes and legislation that restrict the use of natural refrigerants without merit. Furthermore, it calls upon national governments to provide (non-) financial support for the research and promotion of natural refrigerants, and to facilitate the technology transfer from developed to developing countries. …
2020Best practiceLiterature: Chilling Facts
The seventh edition of the Environmental Investigation Agency’s (EIAs) Chilling Facts demonstrates that the uptake of HFC-free technology is rapidly advancing in the EU, especially in Eastern and Southern member countries. Since 2008, EIA has been conducting surveys on the use of natural refrigerants in various EU supermarket chains. Annual reports document the market-shift towards climate-friendly refrigerants among some of the world’s leading retailers, as well as warning slow adopters of possible financial problems. In the lastest edition of Chilling Facts, the EIA estimates that 9000 CO2 transcritical systems are in use EU-wide. 6000 additional systems are expected yearly as the EU F-gas phase down progresses. Moreover, innovative CO2 transcritical systems with parallel compression and ejector technology will enable the use of CO2 systems in warm countries. …
MemberEnvironmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Campaigning for HFC phase-out The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is an independent non-governmental campaigning organisation committed to bringing about change to protect the natural world from environmental crime and abuse. EIA campaigns include illegal wildlife trade, illegal logging and illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances. EIA is actively calling for an HFC phase-out, campaigning at national, European and global levels. …
2020Best practicePolicymaking: Improving safety standards for natural refrigerants
Upon request of the European Commission to help draft the F-Gas Standardization Request, ECOS actively raises awareness of the large obstacles to the use of low-GWP refrigerants within the same standards permitting large quantities of climate damaging HFCs. In realizing that urgent changes’ in standards are necessary to ‘achieve the EU phase-down targets’, ECOS is engaging with all relevant stakeholders in order to promote the market introduction of natural refrigerants. Whilst interest in the use of natural refrigerants in commercial & industrial RAC appliances is growing, market and product development is obstructed by the charge size limits given in product safety standards. …
MemberECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards
A non-profit organisation for environmental standards within the EU ECOS is a non-profit organisation working to ensure that standards, product ecological policies and labelling schemes reflect the societal perspective and take into account the environmental interests. ECOS’ work aims to combat climate change, foster energy and resource efficiency and protect environmental health. By fighting for environmental concerns to be included in standards, ECOS has contributed to improve the environmental performance of products during their whole life-cycle, warrant sound measurement methods for pollutants and energy-savings and ensure the provision of clear information to consumers towards sustainable consumption. …
2020Best practiceProject: SuperSmart: EU-wide energy efficient and climate-friendly supermarkets
SuperSmart is an EU-wide project advancing the use of more energy efficient refrigeration, heating and cooling appliances in Europe’s supermarkets by addressing all stakeholders involved in driving the uptake of more climate-friendly food retail stores. SuperSmart has 3 main objectives: to remove non-technological barriers to efficient heating & cooling in the EU food retails sector, training to raise the expertise level for energy-friendly supermarkets among (non-) technical staff, and to support the introduction of a new EU Ecolabel for food retails stores. The project is funded by the EU under the Horizon 220 Innovation Framework Programme. The consortium consists of 9 European partners from the fields of research, analysis, training, dissemination and network-building. …